VP of Finance and Accounting, Kasa Living
+ Stock Option Plan
Short-term rental marketplace
Job no longer available
Short-term rental marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+ Stock Option Plan
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a global accommodations brand that is beloved by guests, indispensable to property partners, and desired by neighbors.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years leading finance teams in hospitality, travel, or real estate
- Expertise with USALI, management agreements, and lease accounting
- Experience managing multi-entity, multi-contract operations
- Deep understanding of property-level P&Ls and owner reporting
- CPA preferred; Big 4 a plus but not required with equivalent experience
- Proficient in NetSuite, Adaptive Insights, and BI tools such as Looker
- Skilled at integrating systems and streamlining workflows across AP, payroll, and revenue reconciliation
- Strong knowledge of high-volume transactional accounting
- Experienced partnering with product or engineering teams to improve systems and data flows
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to trace financial anomalies
- Builds repeatable, controlled, and documented processes
- Track record of simplifying complex financial systems
- Forward-looking approach to AI and automation while maintaining strong controls
- Translate complex agreements and structures into clear, actionable insights
- Serve as primary financial voice with leadership, Board, and investors
- Collaborative, credible, and calm leader of distributed teams
What the job involves
- Kasa is seeking a visionary, systems-oriented Vice President of Finance to serve as the company’s top financial leader, reporting directly to the CEO
- The mandate of the role is to build a high-precision finance engine that can support Kasa’s continued growth across a complex hospitality and real estate platform
- The VP of Finance will lead a global team of ~25 across the U.S., Mexico, and the Philippines and will transform the function into a faster, more automated, and more insightful function while maintaining best-in-class reporting accuracy for property owners and investors
- The priorities of this role are to:
- Ensure accurate financial reporting across all entities and properties
- Deliver predictable close and owner reporting cycles
- Elevate the depth and value of financial reporting, including balance sheet, cash flow, and KPI segmentation
- Drive efficiency and automation while maintaining accuracy and rigor
- This role sits at the center of Kasa’s platform, touching every property, contract structure, and strategic initiative, and provides meaningful exposure to the Board, investors, and property owners as the organization's primary financial leader
- Key Responsibilities:
- Accounting & Reporting:
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across corporate entities and 85+ property-level agreements
- Oversee complex accounting including multi-contract structures, revenue recognition, intercompany allocations, and compliance with USALI, GAAP, and multi-jurisdiction tax rules
- Lead external audits and maintain ongoing audit readiness
- Ensure property-level and corporate reporting delivers accurate, insightful, and timely financial information
- Revenue & Cash Integrity:
- Oversee cash reconciliations across bookings, leases, and multiple payment methods
- Manage revenue adjustments, including cancellations, chargebacks, and timing differences
- Maintain strong financial controls over bank accounts, cash, and owner-facing reporting
- Operational Transformation & Automation:
- Audit and redesign workflows to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability
- Implement AI and automation in reconciliation, variance detection, and reporting, while maintaining rigorous internal controls
- Streamline monthly close, reporting, and FP&A processes to increase speed and insight
- FP&A, Strategic Growth & Capital:
- Lead budgeting, rolling forecasts, and cash flow planning at property and corporate levels
- Provide actionable insights to inform CEO, Board, and leadership decisions
- Partner on fundraising, debt refinancing, and strategic capital initiatives
- Model new fee structures, contract economics, and growth initiatives to maximize profitability
- Team & Stakeholder Leadership:
- Lead and develop a distributed finance team across the US, Mexico, and the Philippines
- Build a culture of accountability, precision, and continuous improvement
- Communicate clearly with Board, investors, executive leadership, and property owners
- Why This Role Is Different:
- You will “upgrade the engine while the plane is flying”
- Finance is a strategic weapon at Kasa, not a back-office function
- Significant autonomy, visibility, and long-term upside as the company continues to scale with a clear path to broader financial leadership as the platform evolves
- What success looks like in the first year:
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI):
- Monthly Financial Close Timeline
- Manual Intervention Rate for Revenue Reconciliation / Post Close Adjustments
- Reduce post-close adjustments by >50%
- AI/Automation Deployment
- Documented control framework in place
- Strategic Insights
- Target:
- Achieve a D+10 close (from the current 20 days)
- Reduce the percentage of revenue reconciliations requiring manual intervention by >50%
- Deploy automations that provide material uplift in team output and efficiency (e.g., AI-Powered Revenue Reconciliation Triage Tool or AI-Generated Owner Narrative Drafting Tool) into production
- Written close checklist
- Reconciliation standards
- Exception thresholds defined
- Owner-reporting SLA adherence > 98%
- Finance consistently surfacing actionable insights that directly inform pricing, cost structure, capital allocation, and growth decisions across the business
Our take
Existing short-term rental platforms provide temporary homes for business travelers and families, but options are often limited and compromising. Spaces often don't provide the facilities that users require to work and live comfortably, and options that do are often unaffordable.
Kasa provides a platform for short-term rental of standardized properties, with every listing providing 24/7 contactless check in services, reliable and fast Wi-Fi, fully equipped kitchens and other essentials for comfort.
This unique approach, which provides the essentials for stays at an affordable price, allows Kasa to stand out form other short-term rental services such as Booking.com and AirBnB. The company recently expanded from its apartment and hotel room speciality to include luxury single-family vacation rentals, which should allow it to capture interest from a new kind of consumer. And the company is now stepping in to relaunch the historic Ace Hotel (under "STILES" brand), proving how much of a powerhouse Kasa really is.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2025
$40m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2023
$70m
SERIES C
Total funding: $160m
Company benefits
- Remote work for most roles
- Access to coworking spaces
- Unlimited PTO
- Kasa lodging credit ($2,000 annual)
- Highly-subsidized health insurance
- Sponsored plan that covers infertility treatments
- Up to 14 weeks parental leave
- One Medical membership
- Annual reviews
- 401(k) matching
- HSA contributions
- Equity in Kasa
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Leadership
Roman Pedan
(Founder & CEO)Prior to founding Kasa, they worked at KKR. Over their career here, they were part of teams that purchased $1.2bn of hotel assets across the US. They were involved in every hotel transaction that KKR closed during their tenure.
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